Sunday, November 4, 2012

Bill has, I have lost track of the number of non-paid intern written
essays published against the New York Times over at the CL, trying to cover-up John
Paul II and his consuming love of all things Pedophile, avoid the Truth about that pope, to blame
the BBC instead and by extension the new head of the NYT, that the BBC never ratted out
British Royal and Papal Knighted Sir Jimmy Savile when both the Queen and the
Pope gave him their royal seals of approval.

Too bad the victims of this pedophile king/ring cannot sue both Buck
House and the Vatican for their perverted seal of approval to this dead media toady scumbag.

Where is customer service these days? The Hague?

Gall – Definiton – Source: Free
Dictionary dot Com

1.Seebile.

2.a.Bitterness of feeling; rancor. b.Something bitter to endure: the gall of defeat.

A lot of damage to the plywood based houses on the South Shore.
Living next to the ocean has its hazards. A lot of housing on the south shore
by the ocean should have been left nature preserves or swamps and never built
on IMHO.

They just turned the electricity on about sixteen hours ago here. We were out of luck for 68 hours in this
little pocket on the north shore of Staten Island, the many times forgotten fifth borough of "New York City".

The two streets in an island of other areas
that came back sooner after a day or two was because a lot of big old houses on
these two streets have 130 year old oaks that were supposed to be taken down by
owners in the last year or two but did not or could not trim or remove
older trees.

Kind of expensive if you are retired and appear to be well to do
living in a big old house. I live in an apartment complex surrounded by the shabby
chic of yesteryear glory in an old neighborhood.

Twenty three trees bit the dust on these two streets. First the cut
downs, then cutting up the trees, non-stop roar of wood chippers, the inspections, minor repairs, priority of Con Edison personnel in
not being called elsewhere etc. The Ferry is still not working, no electricity in St.
George at the moment.

No rioting but some looting at a nearby Lowe’s and Kohl’s right after the storm.

Kudos to
NYPD on catching some of the perps.

Was able to buy candles at Lowe’s on Tuesday morning for cash, cash
registers down with the electricity.

“I saw a story today that one of the great manufacturers in this state, Jeep — now owned by the Italians — is thinking of moving all production to China,” Romney said at a rally in Defiance, Ohio, home to a General Motors powertrain plant. “I will fight for every good job in America. I’m going to fight to make sure trade is fair, and if it’s fair America will win.”If there is a profit in it - Romney's soul is for sale - and he is as good as his word. Yeah right.

"Just remember. When you are on
your death bed, the Democratic Party is not going to send someone to be there
with you and help you get ready to cross the abyss. And, even if they did send
someone, it would not be someone you would want!" I have my areas of
disagreement with Archbishop Chaput, but I commend him unreservedly for his
repeated insistence that we Catholics put our faith first. And, if we do
so, partisans on both sides have plenty to think about.

Maybe the Brits can feed the old to the Queen's corgies etc.
Something bloody useful. Right Lord Bichard?

No doubt Franklin Graham has promises
from Mitt Romney to use old people on Social Security to work for nothing in
Graham's tax-free "Christian" Charity Rackets.

The sentiment to such obscene treatment of the old already has a
champion in the British House of Lords who retired from government with an
obscene government pension over $150,000 per year in USD value and now he has the
nerve to try and marshal the old to work for nothing doing community service
and charity work.

Maybe Lord Bitchard can take some
of his pension funds and invest in a dentist.

He said: “We are now prepared to say
to people who are not looking for work, if you don’t look for work you don’t
get benefits. So if you are old and you are not contributing in some way or
another, maybe there is some penalty attached to that.”

Bichard also asked: “Are we using all
the incentives at our disposal to encourage older people, not justto be a negative burden on the State
but to actually be a positive part of society?”

One of the memories from my youth was Lyndon Johnson’s War on
Poverty which he did as a diversion as they sent mostly poor and mostly black
people in the “draft” (without, too poor to afford, deferments) over to Vietnam
for the sake of General Motors’ profits and quarterly dividends.

I can remember a pre-class discussion in college among fellow
students back then how Lyndon Johnson or his wife Lady Bird held stock in a company that
made the infamous “tiger cages” to house and torture North Vietnamese Prisoners
of Wars. This of course for a profit etc. For profit is no sin – right?

In that great tradition of rich man politician Hypocrisy, Paul Ryan
has suddenly discovered the poor and the losing war on poverty. And no doubt to cover up public, not private,
guilt over Janna’s Petroleum Industry “Blind” trusts funds and perhaps too as a
cover for Ann Romney making millions
through “Elliott Associates” from taxpayer federal bailout money for the auto
industry in her “Blind Trust” etc,

- Paul Ryan has suddenly found the “Poor”
and is promising them “Upward Mobility” just like Jesus did in his day.

Paul Ryan / Mitt Romney / Ayn Rand Beatitudes:

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of welfare
– 47%.

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be sold a $20,000 on
credit that they cannot afford funeral package for mom.

Blessed are the meek: for they shall pay my share of the taxes.

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for
they shall be given a “Truth” enema by FOX NEWS.

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall be taken advantage of by
the hedge fund managers.

Blessed are the pure in heart: for they are losers – no scratch,
cash – nada.

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be assassinated by the
arms dealers and or droned on by the Military Industry Complex INC etc.

Blessed are they which are persecuted for tax sakes: for theirs is the kingdom and banking system
of the Cayman Islands.

The chair of the Senate Republicans’ campaign arm is standing by Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock after he said pregnancies resulting from rape are “something that God intended to happen.”

“Richard and I, along with millions of Americans – including even Joe Donnelly – believe that life is a gift from God,” Texas Sen. John Cornyn said in a statement Wednesday. “To try and construe his words as anything other than a restatement of that belief is irresponsible and ridiculous. In fact, rather than condemning him for his position, as some in his party have when it’s come to Republicans, I commend Congressman Donnelly for his support of life.”

Saturday, October 20, 2012

Just had lunch the other day at
“Blue” on the North Shore opposite the Snug Harbor Museum campus.

Snug Harbor

The old R.H.Tugs Restaurant
jumped the shark in the nineties but ownership hung on to celebrate a twenty
fifth year anniversary I guess for the sake of nostalgia and shabby chic?

This new restaurant with a basic
Mediterranean cuisine actually surprised me along with a major interior architectural
redo of the old basic structure. The Bar area is now doubled in size and more of a
lounge complete with a few lounge chairs.
The restaurant is refreshingly bright with almost floor to ceiling picture windows facing the river and giving you a breathtaking, up front in your face, view of that major
hidden forgotten asset in Staten Island, and that is of its long forgotten
water front.

The interior of the restaurant area is refreshingly simple. The walls are painted a Mediterranean color with Gothic Revival woodwork accents to match, compliment the hidden architectural gem of Snug Harbor across the street. This interior
background tells you that so much thought and preparation went into this place. That forethought and care is also found in its fantastically fresh, tasty and excellent food.

What I sampled was from the
Lunch Menu BTW. The pasta entre with clams and shrimp was the best I have eaten in a restaurant anywhere. Seafood, fresh,
fresh, fresh (you can taste the sea). I also
had a taste of my companions’ dishes. The Angus burger, exceptionally excellent. And a lunch time special
pastrami sandwich which was a quality, light tasting, not standard heavy, meat
sliced and served with a real sense of style and excellence across the board of a creative eclectic menu.

They have an impressive wine
list. Lunch for three with two appetizers, crab fritters - yum, three entrees, two cocktails, and
one desert, a key lime pie to die for, and coffees all around for desert was
for present day standards reasonable and under one bill. You pay for quality and believe me quality is far and some distance between in that forgotten (gem) of a borough. That quality is found here in Snug Harbor at "Blue".

"The best thing about the Detroit Tigers
is that they have some players who are downright chubby. In this neo-pagan,
health-worshipping, fitness-crazed culture, I love watching Prince Fielder
carry his substantial self to the plate and then boom a homerun." - Michael Sean Winters, October 19, NCR National Catholic Reporter